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All too often the medical community 'fat-shames' patients trying to lose weight, when in fact obesity and overweight…
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Three new studies show corticosteroids can reduce deaths in critically ill COVID-19 patients. But what about other patients?
COVID-19 plagues an overtaxed opioid addiction treatment system.
Chadwick Boseman's death at age 43 is emblematic of two disturbing health trends.
With tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases on college campuses, a scientist asks: Why did colleges open in the first place?
Journalists use real people's stories to 'humanize' the news. But these tales – whether harrowing or heartwarming…
The new BinaxNOW antigen test is quick, easy, accurate and cheap. It could solve the US testing problem, but the emergency…
September is Alzheimer's Awareness Month and therefore a good time to talk about dementia. Alzheimer's is the most…
The CDC has long been a trusted source of health information, keeping the public not only safe but calm in times of disease…
Endocrine-disrupting compounds are pervasive in modern life, from food packaging to shampoo. Research is connecting their…
A storm-driven chlorine gas release in a vulnerable community is the type of worst-case scenario that scientists and engineers…
The US response to the coronavirus was slow and problematic, but it also was rooted in a 19th-century way of viewing public…
The rushed emergency approval for a treatment that might help COVID-19 patients has raised questions: Is the FDA abandoning…
Disaster preparation and evacuation procedures weren't made for social distancing. The pandemic means response decisions…
Current rates of vaccine hesitancy could jeopardize efforts to achieve herd immunity in the US, says Matt Motta, a political…
School nurses were already overwhelmed, with hundreds of students and staff in their charge. Now, COVID-19 screenings and…
New research points to why reopening elementary schools is the safest bet and what else needs to happen for schools to have…